Mechanical Engineering Principles Third Edition By John Bird and Carl Ross

Mechanical Engineering Principles Third Edition By John Bird and Carl Ross

Contents:

1 Revisionary mathematics

2 Further revisionary mathematics

3 The effects of forces on materials

4 Tensile testing

5 Forces acting at a point

6 Simply supported beams

7 Forces in structures

8 Bending moment and shear force diagrams

9 First and second moments of area

10 Bending of beams

11 Torque

12 Twisting of shafts

13 Linear and angular motion

14 Linear momentum and impulse

15 Force, mass and acceleration

16 Work, energy and power

17 Friction

18 Motion in a circle

19 Simple harmonic motion

20 Simple machines

21 Heat energy and transfer

22 Thermal expansion

23 Hydrostatics

24 Fluid flow

25 Ideal gas laws

26 The measurement of temperature

Preface:

Mechanical Engineering Principles 3rd Edition aims to broaden the reader’s knowledge of the basic principles that are fundamental to mechanical engineering design and the operation of mechanical systems. Modern engineering systems and products still rely upon static and dynamic principles to make them work. Even systems that appear to be entirely electronic have a physical presence governed by the principles of statics. In this third edition of Mechanical Engineering Principles, a further chapter has been added on revisionary mathematics; it is not possible to progress in engineering studies without a reasonable knowledge of mathematics, a fact that soon becomes obvious to both students and teachers alike. It is therefore hoped that this further chapter on mathematics revision will be helpful and make engineering studies more comprehensible. Minor modifications, some further worked problems, a glossary of terms and famous engineers’ biographies have all been added to the text.